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CVE-2016-2194
The ressol function in Botan before 1.10.11 and 1.11.x before 1.11.27 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop)…
High7.5EPSS 2.6%
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- mitre
Description
The ressol function in Botan before 1.10.11 and 1.11.x before 1.11.27 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via unspecified input to the OS2ECP function, related to a composite modulus.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.6% · top 15% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- [botan-devel] 20160201 Botan 1.11.28 and 1.10.11 released with security fixes (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [botan-devel] 20160203 Botan 1.10.12 released (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- DSA-3565 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- GLSA-201612-38 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- http://botan.randombit.net/security.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .